"Aegean and South China Seas" Topic
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Armitage Shanks | 27 Aug 2020 8:23 p.m. PST |
In one of my (many) idle moments I was wondering about the tactical advantages or disadvantages of fighting a naval conflict in either of these seas given that the Aegean and South China Sea are both shallow and island rich bodies of water. My thinking is that surface and low flying aircraft/missiles would be able to use islands and coastal land mass to reduce their detection from surface search radar. Submarines on the other hand I assume would be at a disadvantage: subs are easier to detect in shallow water and have less room to take evasive action. Although I am unsure how sonar would behave with a shallower seabed, thermoclines (or lack of) and salinity gradients (or lack of) to factor into the mix. I would be interested if anything has been written up on the tactical choices compared with an open sea scenario. |
Thresher01 | 27 Aug 2020 10:35 p.m. PST |
Depends upon the underwater topography and depth around them. The Argentine sub thwarted the RN's searches back in the day, and reports are a lot of whales, schools of fish, and perhaps giant squid paid with their lives during those aggressive searches. Lots of underwater ordnance was expended without success on various sonar "contacts". The islands and underwater ridges can totally hide an evading, or grounded sub. Littoral waters are a very tough environment for sonars to operate in, due to all the background noise. |
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